Monday, August 07, 2006

Peter Moore and the elitist games industry

Well for the first time in some while, im begining to get a glimpse of why Mr. Peter Moore takes home a bigger wage packet than yours truly. Mr. Moore speaking at the Ziff Davis Electronic Games Conference (no i've never heard of it either) suggested the games industry has become too elitist and the industry needed to "open its doors".

Rich you would think coming from a console manufacturer that charges 20 cent for a picture on xboxlive and allows the retail of 360 games at 74.99 euro a pop. But three points in his elite 8 restructuring guide got my thumbs up. That's if he really meant what he said and if the conference audience weren't too hungover to listen, or too anxious about that afternoons golfing event.

Mr.Moore suggested that Games should appeal to a wider audience beyond "the boys in the bedroom"

Given we're "living in a Youtube world" (?) the industry should embrace community content, when it comes to how games are delivered to consumers

Don't pass on the cost of rising development costs

In the light of the recent downsizing of the gamer's mecca E3, i'm probably too optimistic and too trusting for my own good.Full story from Gamerscore blog (the Microsoft xbox and games employees blog)